Author: Jeremiah Poff

Pope Francis reaffirmed long-standing Catholic teaching that women cannot be ordained priests and that same-sex unions cannot be blessed as marriages during an in-flight press conference Sunday. The pope, who spoke while returning to Rome after celebrating World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, said the Catholic Church is “open to everyone” but that Catholics must…

The University of Nebraska was hit with a federal civil rights complaint on Monday for sponsoring a residency program for black filmmakers. The complaint, filed by the Equal Protection Project, a nonprofit legal organization, alleged that the Black Public Media residency program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln illegally discriminates on the basis of race and…

A charter school in Akron, Ohio, that is funded by the LeBron James Family Foundation made headlines after student test results revealed that hardly any students were proficient in English or math. The results drew significant attention to the I Promise Academy and highlighted a mixed track record for celebrity-funded charter schools. EMPLOYMENT GROWTH SLOWING…

Abolishing the Department of Education is emerging as a favorite talking point among the 2024 Republican presidential candidates who say they would rein in a runaway federal bureaucracy if elected. The agency, which was established in 1980, has long been a favorite punching bag of Republicans, with President Ronald Reagan among the first Republican standard-bearers…

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a California community college violated the constitutional rights of a group of conservative students when it ordered the removal of flyers listing the death toll of communism. The panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Clovis Community College had illegally removed flyers that supported…

Multiple school districts and the state Department of Education in Virginia have been facing intense scrutiny for allegedly failing to accommodate students with disabilities or provide sufficient special education resources. Last week, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Education and the Fairfax County School Board that had been filed by…

A Biden administration ban on federal funds being used by schools with archery or hunting programs would be reversed under the provisions of a new bill introduced by Rep. Mark Green (R-TN). Green introduced the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act Tuesday after reports surfaced that the Biden administration was interpreting a gun control law…

The University of Virginia said it would continue the practice of legacy admissions despite a shift among universities to ditch the practice after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in June. In a Tuesday statement, the public university in Charlottesville, Virginia, announced it would comply with the court’s ruling in Students for Fair Admissions…

A New York county is reconsidering a law that establishes a 100-foot buffer zone outside abortion clinics just as the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether to hear a case challenging its constitutionality. On Tuesday, the Westchester County Board of Legislators will hold a public meeting to decide whether or not to amend…

The Department of Education is withholding federal funding from hunting and archery programs in schools, citing a bipartisan law passed last year that tightened restrictions around gun purchases in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Texas. A spokesperson for the Department of Education said that the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, passed in…